James Leon Jones Jr – Senior Animator/Preproduction/Animation
TD
JamesJones914@gmail.com | www.JamesJonesJr.com | 410-937-9116
Skills:
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Very dedicated, and self motivated
- Strong
experience with cinematography, story development and setup
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Strong experience in team management and pipeline development
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Strong experience working under very tight deadlines with a small team
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Very knowledgeable in F.A.C.S. with strong experience in facial animation
- Experience
in character setup/rigging, and technical problem solving
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Very dependable
Work Experience:
|Pendulum Studios|
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Worked directly with Pendulum Co-owner and Lead Director Mike McCormick to
produce high quality
cinematography for all Cinematics
and Animatics for all projects
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Edit and teach Keyframed facial animation and facial MoCap using pendulum’s
Alter-Ego software
- Responsible
for editing MoCap data given aswell as create my own
animations needed from mocap library
using motion builder
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Responsible for keyframe animation of characters and,
as well as blocking out key pose and setting up scenes
for other animators
and interns
- Responsible
for the production and development of a small team of animators, including
co-developed animation pipeline, and
tutorials for MoCap heavy Projects
- Acted as the lead characters brother Daniel Mason in MoCap suit at SCEA for THQ’s Redfaction: Guerilla
- Also Responsible for rig testing for all characters used
Projects
include:
Activision/Raven; Singularity
in-game Cinematics and teaser - Senior Animator
THQ/Volition; Red Faction
Guerilla
16 minutes Pre-Rendered Cinematics - Animation
Lead/Preproduction/MoCap Actor
Sega; Golden Axe: Beast Rider
5 1/2
minutes High Quality Pre-Rendered Cinematics - Senior Animator/Preproduction
Konami; Silent Hill V:
Homecoming
72
minutes in-game Cinematics - Animator/Preproduction
Pendulum Studios: In House
Projects/Tests
|Bishop Animation| Honesdale, PA | Sept 06 – Jan 07 |
- Responsible
for all rigging and optimization all projects
- Responsible for animating shots under tight deadlines
Projects
include:
Six Monsters Animated Short
for Federator’s OhhYeah!! Cartoons
Jan 07’ Nickelodeon
Animator/
Character TD
Jimmy Chow Anime Spoof for
Animator/Character TD/Modeler
FartBot
for Federator’s FedEx
Character TD
Highlights Magazine
presentation video
Character TD
Software:
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Autodesk Maya
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Autodesk Motion Builder
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After Effects
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Adobe Photoshop
Education:
|Full Sail Real Education| Orlando, Fl | 2004 – 2006 |
Associate of Science Degree in
Computer
- Classes include Motion Studies, Acting for
Animators,
Animation in 3D, Character, modeling and
Rigging, ect.
| Computer Training.com (CTC) | 2003 |
-Emphasis in administering resources, active
directory structure
design, and thorough
knowledge of a Windows 2000 environment
CCNA- Cisco Career Certifications
MCSE- Microsoft Windows 2000